pip3 Could not fetch URL https://pypi.org/simple/pip/: There was a problem confirming the ssl certificate

Question

I installed python3.7 from here https://tecadmin.net/install-python-3-6-on-centos/ When trying to use/upgrade/install pip I got the following error:

[cloudera@quickstart Python-3.7.6rc1]$ sudo pip3 install --upgrade
WARNING: pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL,
however the ssl module in Python is not available.
ERROR: You must give at least one requirement to install (see "pip
help install")
WARNING: pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL,
however the ssl module in Python is not available.
Could not fetch URL https://pypi.org/simple/pip/: There was a problem
confirming the ssl certificate: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='pypi.org',
port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /simple/pip/ (Caused by
SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not
available.")) - skipping

Version information

[cloudera@quickstart Python-3.7.6rc1]$ pip3 --version
pip 19.2.3 from /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pip (python 3.7)
[cloudera@quickstart Python-3.7.6rc1]$ whereis pip3
pip3: /usr/local/bin/pip3 /usr/local/bin/pip3.7
[cloudera@quickstart Python-3.7.6rc1]$ whereis pip
pip: /usr/bin/pip2.6 /usr/bin/pip /usr/local/bin/pip3.7
[cloudera@quickstart Python-3.7.6rc1]$ python3 --version
Python 3.7.6rc1
[cloudera@quickstart Python-3.7.6rc1]$ whereis openssl
openssl: /usr/src/openssl-1.0.2o/openssl.doxy
/usr/src/openssl-1.0.2o/openssl.spec
/usr/src/openssl-1.0.2o/openssl.pc /usr/bin/openssl /usr/lib64/openssl
/usr/local/bin/openssl /usr/include/openssl
/usr/share/man/man1/openssl.1ssl.gz

I tried several commands suggested here for this error but nothing helped. Can you help me?

UPDATE

[cloudera@quickstart Python-3.7.6rc1]$ sudo pip3 install upgrade pip
WARNING: pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL,
however the ssl module in Python is not available.
Collecting upgrade
  WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=4, connect=None, read=None,
redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by
'SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not
available.")': /simple/upgrade/
  WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=3, connect=None, read=None,
redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by
'SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not
available.")': /simple/upgrade/
  WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=2, connect=None, read=None,
redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by
'SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not
available.")': /simple/upgrade/
  WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=1, connect=None, read=None,
redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by
'SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not
available.")': /simple/upgrade/
  WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=0, connect=None, read=None,
redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by
'SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not
available.")': /simple/upgrade/
  Could not fetch URL https://pypi.org/simple/upgrade/: There was a
problem confirming the ssl certificate:
HTTPSConnectionPool(host='pypi.org', port=443): Max retries exceeded
with url: /simple/upgrade/ (Caused by SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS
URL because the SSL module is not available.")) - skipping
  ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement
upgrade (from versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for upgrade
WARNING: pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL,
however the ssl module in Python is not available.
Could not fetch URL https://pypi.org/simple/pip/: There was a problem
confirming the ssl certificate: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='pypi.org',
port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /simple/pip/ (Caused by
SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not
available.")) - skipping

Sehul Viras · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-20 02:55:10Z

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Follow this Steps:

pip install --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org PACKAGE_NAME

Example --> pip install --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org matplotlib

Hope this helps :)

edited Jul 20, 2022 at 2:55

answered Jul 20, 2022 at 2:49

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Ayush Pandey Oct 11 at 7:05

Try simply without any vpn or check if any kind of ssh tunneling should be off it worked for me.

D.T. · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-17 16:38:52Z

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You are probably missing some basic requirements for python. Try installing all of them with sudo apt-get install libreadline-gplv2-dev libncursesw5-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev tk-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libbz2-dev

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D.T. Over a year ago

libssl-dev is the one missing probably

gigives Over a year ago

I tried that but No package all of them Error: Nothing to do. How can I install them?

kenichi Over a year ago

@gigives, You've already installed pip3. In the command sudo pip3 install --upgrade you are missing the argument (requirement to install). If you just want to upgrade pip itself, you need to do pip3 install --upgrade pip (you could run it with sudo, but it's not generally a good practice ).

gigives Over a year ago

hello @kenichi, and then I become the same error. Please look at my updated question.

James · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-17 23:16:04Z

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Solution:

After going through everywhere, I ended up uninstalling python and vs code. Deleted all the vs code, python, and pip cache files saved under %AppData%. Reinstalled python and vs code.

Success.

pip is 19.0.3 and I am keeping it this way because I think the problem started when I updated it to 20.3.3. Once you update to 20.3.3, you're not going to be able to downgrade it because of the SSL error.

answered Jan 17, 2021 at 23:16

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Lawrence Patrick · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-09 22:37:21Z

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I fixed this by starting pip while in the directory where the executable resides. Permanent fix was to add the required bin & scripts directories to Path.

Don't forget to restart docker and ensure you have connectivity to the internet.

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zangw · Accepted Answer · 2023-10-19 04:07:00Z

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We met the same issue when we installed python3.11. The reason for this error is that the old openssl is used. Here is my solution

Install openssl1.1.1

sudo yum install -y openssl11 openssl11-devel

If you met the error openssl11-devel conflicts with 1:openssl-devel, one solution is remove the old openssl

sudo yum remove openssl-devel.x86_64
sudo yum autoremove
sudo yum install -y openssl11 openssl11-devel

Then reinstall Python3.11 again

./configure --enable-optimizations
sudo make altinstall

answered Oct 19, 2023 at 4:07

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Carol · Accepted Answer · 2025-01-15 10:47:06Z

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It only worked with me when I wrote package at first and added --user

pip install <package-name> --user --trusted-host=pypi.python.org --trusted-host=pypi.org --trusted-host=files.pythonhosted.org

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x85ms16 · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-16 17:40:53Z

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Please try the install command by adding the trusted hosts to pip as follows as answered here

sudo pip3 install --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host pypi.python.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org -upgrade pip

I like this write up on the explanation of the problem and other solutions.

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Peter Over a year ago

your syntax is not working at all. mind correcting it ?

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